A quiz with homophones (words that sound the same but are spelled differently).
-1. "Can I have some water to douse this stone before I sharpen your knife?" asked the tinker. 3,4 letters
-2. "It will take sixty minutes to ensure the necklace belongs to you and me" said my sister. 4,3
-3. The yellow part of an egg and a wooden pole which fitted on the milkmaid's shoulders. 4,4
-4. "Do I use needle and thread when I plant my seeds?" said the seamstress to the farmer. 3,3
-5. The first word describes a nautical mile and the second is a negative word used, for example, in "Ripley's Believe It Or ...". 4,3
-6. This star shines all day onto my male child. 3,3
-7. "Which person will chop down the tree " said the soldier to the lumberjack. 3,3
-8. "Are you familiar with your times tables?" asked the teacher, afraid the child would answer with the opposite of yes. 4,2
-9. The long distance runner did not lose the race and so became this number. 3,3
10. Did the angel Gabriel utter this word before coming down from on high? 2,3